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1. (v.t.) commemorate
to serve as a memorial or reminder of:
The monument commemorates a naval victory.
2. commemorate
to honor the memory of by some observance:
to commemorate Bastille Day.
Etymology: (1590–1600; < L commemorātus <com-+memorāre to mention <memor mindful)
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| Definition of 'commemorate' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) commemorate, mark
mark by some ceremony or observation
"The citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution with a march and a parade"
2. (verb) commemorate, remember
call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony
"We remembered the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz"; "Remember the dead of the First World War"
3. (verb) commemorate, memorialize, memorialise, immortalize, immortalise, record
be or provide a memorial to a person or an event
"This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps"; "We memorialized the Dead"
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1. (verb) commemorate
to remember and honor
to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the end of the war
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| Definition of 'commemorate' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) commemorate
to call to remembrance by a special act or observance; to celebrate with honor and solemnity; to honor, as a person or event, by some act of respect or affection, intended to preserve the remembrance of the person or event; as, to commemorate the sufferings and dying love of our Savior by the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; to commemorate the Declaration of Independence by the observance of the Fourth of July
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Sense: (of people) to honour the memory of (someone) by a solemn celebration
Once a year we commemorate his death in action by visiting his widow.
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 Afrikaans: herdenk |
 Arabic: يَحْتَفِل بِذِكْرى |
 Bulgarian: почитам паметта на |
 Brazilian: comemorar |
 Czech: uctívat (památku) |
 German: gedenken |
 Danish: mindes |
 Greek: τιμώ τη μνήμη |
 Spanish: conmemorar |
 Estonian: (kellegi) mälestust austa |
 Farsi: بزرگداشت برپا کردن |
 Finnish: juhlia jnk muistoa |
 French: célébrer |
 Hebrew: לְהַנצִיח |
 Hindi: किसी उत्सव द्वारा स्मरण क |
 Croatian: komemorirati |
 Hungarian: megünnepel |
 Indonesian: merayakan |
 Icelandic: minnast |
 Italian: commemorare |
 Japanese: 祝う |
 Korean: 기념하다 |
 Lithuanian: (pa)minėti |
 Latvian: atzīmēt; svinēt |
 Malay: memperingati |
 Dutch: herdenken |
 Norwegian: feire (minnet om), minnes |
 Polish: obchodzić |
 Persian: بزرگداشت برپا کردن |
 Pashto: په يا دول، په ذهن كې راتي |
 Portuguese: comemorar |
 Romanian: a sărbători |
 Russian: отмечать годовщину |
 Slovak: pripomínať si |
 Slovenian: proslaviti, počastiti |
 Serbian: davati pomen |
 Swedish: fira (hedra) minnet av |
 Thai: ทำให้ระลึกถึง |
 Turkish: anmak |
 Taiwanese: 慶祝 |
 Ukrainian: шанувати пам'ять; відзнач |
 Urdu: یاد گار بنانا |
 Vietnamese: kỷ niệm; tưởng niệm |
 Chinese: 庆祝 |
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